dangerous developments from the chaos in yemen. >> we all know that aqap has the ambition to strike western targets including the united states. >> a dire warning from the secretary of defense about the threat caused by to america. plagues russian roulette. >> greece is not a beggar that roams from country to country. >> greece's prime minister meets with vladimir putin. summit of the americas. >> i have a lot of faith that

before arriving in panama, obama will remove cuba from the list of terrorist states. >> will the president get rid of a major roadblock to building a better bridge between hooive and hooive havana and washington? and roadblocks in africa. >> good evening i'm antonio mora we begin tonight about new concerns about the crisis in yemen. secretary of defense ash carter says that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula or aqap, has captured more territory. >> aqap is an organization that

we are very concerned about. because other than having regional ambitions ambitions in yemen, we all know that aqap has ambitions on striking defense the united states. >> iran has sent two war ships to the waters off yemen. that comes as tehran is calling on pakistan to reject a saudi request for help in fighting the houthi rebels. hashem ahelbarra has the story. >> a tv channel owned by the houthis was hit. the saudi led coalition has stepped up its military campaign to prevent houthi fighters from capturing the port city of aden. while street battles show no signs of stopping, forces loyal

to abd rabbu mansour hadi are trying to push to control the city. but the houthis backed by former president ali abdullah saleh has held their ground. in the meantime iran has deployed two navy vessels near yemen. it is a move that is likely to create more tension in the region. saudi arabia accuses iran of delivering weapons to the houthis to destabilize the region. but for tehran, the ships are part of an antipiracy campaign and only way to the end of yemen's crisis. >> translator: there's no doubt that yemen could not be governed by one political faction, all active political factions with popular backing should stand together to form a government of national unity.

>> reporter: air strikes have now entered a third week. its aim according to saudi officers is to destroy military capabilities of houthis and their allies. >> translator: army commanders and units loyal to former pet saleh have told us -- president saleh have told us, the coalition welcomes their decision. >> reporter: the saudis are hoping for massive action within the army to isolate former president saleh who remains powerful in yemen. on the water crossing with saudi arabia, there are still people trying to escape. >> actually the situation is getting worse. there's already the company advise us to leave immediately. >> reporter: international aid agencies are concerned about yemen's deteriorating humanitarian situation.

the first boat carrying medical supplies to hospitals in aden has arrived. doctors without borders says almost two tons of medical supplies have been delivered to local hospitals. hashem ahelbarra, al jazeera. >> for more we're joined in washington by christopher swift always good to see you. let's start with secretary of defense carter. pretty much it was as feared, the conflict in yemen would lead to the strengthening of aqap. how significant are those issues going to be? >> they are not terribly significant. but the more significant al qaeda's gains will be, that's because yemen is a complex ecosystem with a lot of different predators and when some of those groups are fighting against one another it

creates room for groups like al qaeda in the arabian peninsula and other jihad groups. >> and counterterrorism efforts how badly have those efforts been impacted by this stiferl war? because the u.s. does have a military base that is fairly close in djibouti. >> it is hard to tell, antonio and here's why. even when the united states had a presence inside yemen it was primarily special forces that were serving in an advisory capacity to the yemeni armed services and the yemeni interior ministry. there were never more than 100 to 150 of those people at any given time and that includes the people who were running drone and targeting operations there. we have had a very, very light footprint in yemen for past five years. and the fact we are operating over the horizon in djibouti, i don't know if that changes

things very much in terms of our counterterrorism operations there. what it does is change our ability to collect that's where i have the greatest concern. >> and something else you're concerned about a change that has come as a result of the saudi coalition bombing in yemen? >> well, look. yes one of the difficulties that we're seeing is the tendency of al qaeda and other groups to try to recast what is a civil war between various political and tribal factions inside yemen. as a sectarian war. we saw it with the bounty that al qaeda put on the heads of former president saleh and houthi leader today we've seen external actors try to frame the war in a similar light and that makes things much more complicated in terms of resolving the conflict and it also ideologically creates much

more fertile ground for al qaeda's successor agencies like aqap. >> putting bounties on the head of saleh and houthi leaders but those are forces loyal to president hadi that was fighting aqap. you've got this crisscross thing going on. it doesn't seem like the enemy of my enemy is my friend works in yemen. seems like they are all enemies. >> that's right. they are all enemies. this is more like game of thrones than battle of alliances. the shifting alliances in yemen antonio are very fluid. each of these groups is out for its own interests. and what you see is highly parochial and highly personalized conflicts between different groups, really driving this civil war from the ground up, rather than the top down. and that's the kind of environment that al qaeda in the arabian peninsula has been hoping for since the start of

the arab spring in 2011. back then, they took over two whole provinces in southern yemen. if this war continues they're likely to try to extend their influence yet again. they've done it in the past successfully. they could do it again now. >> going back to what you said about it being too simplistic to talk about this as a sectarian war, so you don't believe this is really kind of a proxy war where you've got the iranians helping the houthis and the saudis and the other gulf cooperation council states helping the sunni president hadi and his allies? >> you know, antonio one of the things that happens when we're sitting here in washington or new york, is we tend to fit what's happening in a complicated place like yemen into the story we already know. and the story we already know in the middle east is this sunni-shief divideshia divide and this competition marginally between

riyadh and sanaa. the notions that ali abdullah saleh would form a ex on news and -- exogenous and endogenous and go on without hope of resolution. >> christopher swift good to have you with us. thanks. iran is calling on pakistan to reject saudi arabia's request for help. mohamed javad zarif. >> we need to work together in order to put an end to the crisis in yemen. people of yemen should not suffer from aerial bombardment. we need to find a political solution in yemen a

comprehensive political solution leading to an inclusive government. >> zarif also said he supports a ceasefire to get humanitarian aid into yemen. more than 540 people have died since the coalition air strikes began two weeks ago many of them civilians. a u.s. soldier was shot in afghanistan today. as jamie mcintire reports from the pentagon, this is the first u.s. death in afghanistan in nearly four months. >> antonio i have to say pentagon officials have been holding their breath as there hasn't been a single u.s. casualty this year. first days went by then weeks then months then today word came that a u.s. soldier was killed, part of a security detail that was protecting a u.s. diplomat who was meeting with a local afghan provincial governor in jalalabad.

a truck pulled up with a man in an afghan uranium who opened fire killing the american soldier and wounding several other troops. both u.s. and afghan. it was the first american death of the new support mission that has been duplicated freedom sentinel. >> i think this underscores that afghanistan continues to be a dangerous place that while we've made substantial progress by supporting the afghan security forces and building up the capacity of those forces and building up the strength of the central government, our men and women serving in afghanistan are continuecontinuing to take a risk, and we owe them a debt of gratitude oservice to their country. >> the official mission ended december 31st. the last to die were 22-year-old army specialist wyatt martin and 32-year-old sergeant first class ramon morris.

2216 u.s. troops died, more than 20,00020,000 were wounded. it's unlikely those will be the final numbers. antonio. >> jamie mcintire, at the pentagon thanks. canada has joined the fight against i.s.i.l. in syria. canadian officials say jet fighters successfully launched their first strikes on targets near raqqa. discussing a strategy to retake anbar province. half the territory taken by i.s.i.l. forces last year. foicialsofficials did not give a timetable as to when the operation would begin. freedom for yazidis held captive for months. captured by i.s.i.l. near the

syrian border eight months ago. a kurdish commander says most of those are in poor health and showed signs of abuse and neglect. 200 others were released in january. a warm greeting, but a request for cold cash, appears to be off the table. up next, the greek prime minister meets with russian president vladimir putin raiding eyebrows across europe. >> i'm tim friend in poland where nervesness nervousness over the ukraine conflict has growing interest in paramilitary groups.

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tv. >> greece has apparently taken a financial handsout from russian rurs off therussiaat least for now. tsipras did not ask for financial handout during their

discussion. tsipras seems seemed to take offense to the suggestion that greece was asking russia for money. >> from an economic crisis which does not only concern greece but also europe. it is not just a greek problem but a european problem. >> the two did discussion potential long term projects including a gas pipeline. even as moscow grapples with its own economic problems, it has lavished attention on its far left and far right. in our in context segment patricia sabga reports it's a big leap from courtship to serious political clout. >> from the far right to greece's radical syriza.

an enthusiastic suitor in the kremlin. >> russian government and parties across europe. >> like a share of dislike of european far left and far right rail against brussels encroachment on facial authority national authority over austerity issues. vehement opposition into what russia regards as its backyard. >> and the russians obviously like this idea that they can make common cause with someone within the west to denounce this idea of expansion into what russia regards as its own sphere of influence. >> reporter: faith has also proven fruit i'll courting ground. putin casts him self.

>> putin's willingness to publicly embrace the russian orthodox church has energized western european right wing groups who feel as no that kind of speech is almost taboo in their society. >> the kremlin has seen benefits after french banks refused to lend to france's national front and they secured more than $10 million from a russian abank. but can the kremlin's goodwill drive a wedge into europe? >> the kremlin would like to do whatever it can to undermine the strength of the eu. >> the kremlin's friends in europe have denounced western sanctions. but underscoring just how difficult it is to parlay a tactical courtship into genuine political influence.

patricia sabga, al jazeera. >> for more we're joined by nina kucheva. does vladimir putin whom you know have some kind of grand strategy to split up alliances and complicate matters within the european union? >> i think he has a will. i don't know about the grand strategy but as i've discussed many times with you he is a great tactician. whenever he sees an opening in europe he just goes for it. now he's meeting with tsipras. whether tsipras is getting money or not is beside the point. i think the conversation and positive conversation with putin can bring tsipras leverage, his own leverage in european union because he can play some sort of moderator in many discussions. the same thing was done before in hungary and putin is looking for these alliances and they may pay off.

>> talking about what putin wants to do, is this all about protecting russia's sphere of influence and what is that sphere of influence? is it just the former sophie yet republics? >> not only. >> -- soviet republics? >> putin sees himself in line with ivan the terrible, 1400s when ivan the terrible created the russia almost the way we know today. putin wants this kind of recognition. >> so is it all about power? here is a guy who was a devoted communist now he's courting far right groups inside europe. it seems completely counterintuf counterintuitive. >> politics is all about give and take. it's not necessarily an ideology for him.

for him it is who is going to become his ally. he was talking about in france, radical left or radical right so it is about power. we have seen putin in action. all is about staying in the kremlin for as long as he can. >> and that applies to how he becomes a defender of an atheist state. >> more of his definition as kgb, a secretive man. so before he was communist now it's the religious orthodox which by the way is what he shares with tsipras. greek orthodoxy russian orthodoxy. >> that's helping them bond you think? >> the great feel of spiritual leadership. >> do you think russia will support greece or trying to

establish semi alliances like the leaders of hungary and greece? >> i think he would support greece to some degree. now maybe having a gas agreement, the turkish stream that they may pay forward to -- >> but how much can he help? because as we have discussed before the russian economy is a mess. >> the russian economy is a mess but also as we know from the communist past and putin is part of that past they can always find money when they need to for their causes. the soviet economy was almost broke but it found enough money to fight in afghanistan. it is not entirely black and white for them. >> nina always good to have you with us. thank you. thank you. best way to bring an end to the conflict in eastern ukraine. petro poroshenko said urn peace

keepers are one solution but that's up to the security council. more than 6,000 people have died since the fighting broke out between the ukraine government and pro-russian separatists. significant people in poland view russia as a direct military threat, so much so that hundreds of young poles are signing up for paramilitary groups. tim frend is friend is in warsaw. >> deep in the woods east of warsaw playing military games with model weapons but the ot sound ofto thesound of real gun fire. their weekend hobby has suddenly taken on a new significance. just four hours drive away is the ukraine border, a country in real conflict. poland's part time militia says no one can be certain of

moscow's intentions. >> we want to be prepared so the government wouldn't have to train people on the spot. they would have someone trained before. and if something happens god forbid we hope it wouldn't, believe it wouldn't, then we would do what we had to do and if this means you know fighting then we will probably fight. >> reporter: concerns about ukraine and online recruiting videos like this, have prompted a suddenly increase in -- sudden increase in paramilitaries that date back to the end of the second world war. it's estimated there are 120 groups like this across poland. with a total membership of around 10,000. until now the government has kept its distance. but now it wants to harness this enthusiasm to help boost poland's defenses. at a convention in warsaw the government promised the groups more equipment and cash in return for them signing up to a

more coordinated effort. it's being run by this man. general paslev, recently returned from coordination talks in kiev. >> we have to remember maybe tomorrow. today it's ukraine maybe tomorrow it will be this country. this is why people of course they are nervous. if they observe what is going on nowadays in the east ukraine. >> reporter: russia says it has no intention of aggression against poland and most military analysts agree it is extremely unlikely. but 76% said russia posed a military threat. the strelich group wear face masks because they have already been portrayed by some in the media as aggressors. they want to defend their home

land with their lives if necessary. tim friend, al jazeera warsaw. one of the people be accused of poisons poisons alexander lebvenenko, british authorities say the former russian spy died after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium. scheduled to testify into an inquiry into his death in july. steps to shut down al shabaab financially. and will the u.s. take another step towards normal relations with cuba, by taking cuba off the national sponsors of terrorists list. throws upcoming. upcoming.

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>> welcome back to al jazeera america's international hour. i'm antonio mora. here's a look at the day's top u.s. headlines. officer accused of murdering an unarmed black man has been fired. dozens of people protested outside city hall outside charleston, north south carolina. other called on the mayor to step down. a boston jury will now decide whether boston bomber dzhokhartsarnaev should be put to death. jurors found the 21-year-old guilty on all charges today. using a weapon of mass destruction to carjack. the sentencing phase of tsarnaev's trial is expected to begin next week. later tonight we will take a

closer look at those proceedings and how the jury will decide whether tsarnaev gets life or death. 11:00 p.m eastern 8:00 pacific. president obama today discussed the framework agreement with republican senator bob corker. the president told corker the deal is the best way to prevent iran if getting a nuclear weapon. corker is the sponsor of a bill that would require congress to approve any final deal with iran. the u.n. relief agency is warning of a potential slaughter in syria. more than 3500 children are among those trapped in the yarmouk refugee camp controlled by i.s.i.l. i.s.i.l. took control of the camp last week. imtiaz tyab reports. the nto is trying to secure the children's release.

news out of the yarmouk refugee camp, although she lives in the occupied west bank city, she considering yarmouk her home. >> translator: it makes me so sad to see the place where i was born and raised looking like this. i went to school and worked as a kindergarten teacher here. because of the war most of my family and friends have had to move all around the world. now my society is smashed to pieces as well, all we have is social media to bring us together. >> met with leaders of arab countries and international aid agencies to try to secure the safe passage of palestinian refugees that are caught in the fighting that is gripped the yarmouk refugee camp and while hundreds have been able to flee many thousands more remain trapped. >> executive committee member of

the plo tells me they're doing everything they can to help. >> translator: the plo delegation is trying to reach an agreement that would protect palestinian people in the camp. this can be achieved by opening the exits to let the refugees leave and also allowing humanitarian aid into yarmouk. >> the days of fighting by i.s.i.l. and other groups led by bashar al-assad is left to see. adding misery to people's lives in yarmouk. for over two years they have lived under siege without access to food water or medicine arms to palestinian groups to fight against i.s.i.l. the violence seems likely to only increase. tries to call a friend trapped in yarmouk but can't get through. >> translator: i hope the palestinian leadership stands by

us. we built yarmouk. when our grandparents came as refugees there was nothing. every building, every stone tells a story from our lives. >> reporter: lives forever scarred by syria's long running fast changing conflict. imtiaz tyab, al jazeera al jazeera yarmouk. in syria west bank. >> gunshot wounds to his chest he was the former imam at a mosque in west london, outspoken critic of bashar al-assad. but his relevance do not believe it was a motive for his killing. a british counterterrorism group is investigating. upheld the life sentence of a german general who had a role in the the srebrenica gem side. massacre of some 8,000 muslim

men in eastern bons bosnia. u.n. judges did overturn elements of his conviction, but his life sentence will stand. kenya is cracking down on anyone with ties to al shabaab. the government said today it will freeze the assets of dozens of individuals and groups suspected of funding the somalian rebels. mohamed mohammad adowmohammad adow has more from nairobi. >> it is widely known here as little mogadishu. over the years somali businessmen both kenyan nationals and others from somalia have set up businesses here as a trading hub in the eastern african region. but its reputation as a business district has been threatened. revoked the licenses of six individuals and businessmen most of them somali suspected of

funding al shabaab. >> the government under his excellency uhuru kenyatta, these wide ranging efforts include the treeing of all assets suspected to have been linked to the masterminds of the terrorist attack. >> reporter: those whose licenses were revoked include hotels and bar companies that operate between nairobi and the northeast part of the country. the money transferred handled for example how millions of somali helped by the conflict in their country as well as refugees in kenya. the government's position to revoke licenses and also freeze the accounts of businessmen and other entities has hit at the heart of the somali business community. traders mrs. reporting a slump in business are now -- they say

they have suffered because of attacks as well as the government efforts to restore security in their area. >> when an explosion happens we are the victims like businesses and residents and the subsequent crack down, now we see it's monetary crack down and therefore, we're very, very angry with this move and we want the government to as quickly as possible rectify this situation. >> reporter: government officials promise to enforce the measures foreign intelligence and security help, after the recent garrissa university attack that killed 148 people, the worst attack in kenya in years. mohammad adow, al jazeera nairobi, kenya.

>> ugandan, state department spokeman maria harf explained the role. >> ugandan operation that successfully apprehended several individuals, principal state attorney support was provided at the request of ugandan authorities. we're not i don't think going to get into the nature of that support. can confirm that one of those detained in the operation was a former guantanamo detainee who was released in 2006. >> released during the bush administration before a rigorous review process was created under president obama that screens guantanamo detainees before they are released. the president is spending the night in jam 8 ca, before heading for the summit of the americas. he's slighted to discuss energy issues with caribbean leaders

interact with cuban president raul castro. in december the u.s. and cuba moved to restore ties, white house officials say they are close to a decision on the removal of cuba from the state sponsored terrorism list. washington post finds 55% would like to live somewhere else 52% of that group say they would choose the u.s. that could explain the popularity of president obama in this poll. 80% of those asked have a positive opinion of him equal only to pope francis. by contrast only 47% have a positive opinion of their president raul castro. 97% say a normalized relationship with the u.s. would be a good thing for cuba, leaving 73% to say they are optimistic about the future. rachel orry is the assistant

director of the latin america council. let's start with the poll. five decades of the castro brothers portraying the u.s. as the devil has failed. is that putting pressure on the government to reestablish relations? >> well i think we can see actually that one of the numbers that's coming out of this is that 96 or 97% of the cuban people support the announcements that were made on december 17th. so that's from the cuban government and the u.s. government. so we're definitely seeing support for the end of the embargo. we're seeing support for better establishment of relations with the united states and we'll see this add pressure of both governments to move forward with this. >> we are seeing, if diplomatic relations are going to move forward, the white house said yesterday, it was waiting to make a decision until it received a state department

recommendation. are they just playing politics and waiting until last minute to make a dramatic announcement just before the summit? >> that could be. i mean it would be a very powerful platform to make the announcement from the summit. this will be the first time that all 35 countries in the hemisphere are represented at the summit in some capacity. and you know this year is about prosperity and inclusiveness and what better way to speak to inclusiveness than to have the presidents of the united states and cuba in the same place and announce this really concrete measure towards normalization. >> from a substantive point of view should cuba be removed from the list? because critics will argue that it harbors fugutives and members of groups designated as terrorists by the u.s. it has been accused by congress members and others as still supporting international terrorism. >> you know i think that we need to update this list to reflect modern realities. in the 1980s cuba did support

spain eta the farc in colombia, and western angola and perhaps the state sponsor of terrorism was appropriate at that time. but these days cuba's involvement in the domestic disputes of other countries is pretty much limited to hosting the peace talks between the farc and the colombian government and that's been applauded worldwide. so absolutely there are human rights concerns within cuba. there is repression of freedom of speech, there is repression of the dissident movement and those are things that the united states should be working with the rest of the international community to address. but cuba is no longer a state sponsor of terrorism so it simply dilutes our arguments whether we talk about other forms of human rights abuses to talk about ones no longer at hand. >> even if the administration moves to remove cuba from the

list something high members of congress oppose the move. do you think that could happen? >> no, i don't think that could happen. there is a very small very noisy pro-embargo lobby in the capital, we are seeing more and more of our elected officials take a stand to say this policy hasn't worked, is archaic and restricts americans freedom of movement and trade and commerce and so i don't think we are going to see any kind of majority support for this. i don't think that's a viable option. >> what do you expect to come out of the summit and the expected meeting between presidents obama and castro? >> that really does hinge on whether we see this announcement come out. because as you mentioned the removal of cuba from the state sponsor of terror list is a precondition for establishing diplomatic relations. i think if we see that, i'm

optimistic that the presidents of cuba and the united states may announce the establishment of embassies and ambassadors but if we don't see the state sponsor of terrorism announcement come i think we might be stuck for a while longer still. >> good to have you with us, thank you. two turkish journalists are facing prison time for reprinting the cover of the french newspaper rl charlie hebdo. new case of ebola has been diagnosed, doesn't me the

country officially ebola-free. and battle of cheaper prescription drugs with international companies plays out in court. in court.

>> for the first time in weeks the white house publicly addressing the ebola epidemic in west africa. president obama met with his advisors apparently spoke with aids about reducing the number of cases to zero. the cases in guinea sierra leone and liberia treatment center in the capital monrovia has been closed because there are no more patients to treat. the last known case in liberia was reported on march 21st, but the country is far from being declared ebola free. charles stratton reports. >> reporter: staff at this

former ebola treatment unit in the liberian treatment unit in monmonrovia received thanks. there is a name, in honor of those who hepped fight disease also those staff members who were killed by it. there is a sense here at least the worst may be over. >> it is forever important for us. we think we have won the fight and we think now there is no need to be anymore we don't have patients, so we can go back home happily to our families. >> the world health organization says ebola has killed at least 10,460 people in the last year. the worst hit countries are liberia, guinea and sierra leone. almost 25,000 cases have been reported and the w.h.o. say those figures are an underestimate. last august the united nations called the epidemic called the an

international health emergency. last case reported in liberia was on march the 21st. >> we pray and hope that the 42 days that elapse without any new case so that we can be declared ebola negative. i mean that's, ebola warning that we all have to be extremely conscious. >> reporter: this particular building which was being used as an emergency treatment center is now closed because here at least there are no more patients to treat. despite the celebrations, no one in liberia is under any illusion that ebola could not reappear and there's still more than three weeks to go before the country is declared officially ebola-free. charles stratford, al jazeera. >> two new ebola vaccines have cleared an important hurdle in the exrooivel approval process.

the next step, tests on human volunteers could begin this summer. the vaccines are improved version he of a drug that has serious side effects but now being tested on patients, in liberia. off the record, the controversy surrounding biosimilars. highly similar parts of drugs chemically identically far less expensive than the drug they're based on. that's why some countries are trying to decide if they should be legal. marmarian aha sanchez reports. >> doctors tell him the only chance to live longer than two years will be with a biologic medicine treatment. >> the troubling is, i am being

treated in a public hospital, they can't give me the medicine because it's too expensive. >> the 50 doses he needs cost more than $20,000 but the biosimilars may be produced in india, china or south korea cost at least 30% less. los and thousands of cancer patients like him can't get them either because many biosimilars can't be sold in peru, a group of companies that produce biosimilar medicine have produced an injunction in court to restrict, and ban the registration of new ones. >> we don't want the state to give a green light to products that have no proven safety and effectiveness. >> but critics say many of those drugs have already been certified by the u.s. food and drug administration. they say the pharmaceuticals here are only protecting their patents at the state's buyer

agency tribunal. >> if we were absolutely sure that this staght was saight is agency is reliable, that is not case. it has been proven that their decisions have been bias as a result of others. >> hard hit. buys 75% of all oncology medicine and treats 93% of all cancer patients in the country. the high cost of biologic treatments have pushed the system to the brink of collapse. critics say for the first time here a health care policy is in the hands of judges and not medical experts. as a result, the state is prevented from buying medicine at a low cost in order to treat more patients. a verdict that may allow biosimilar sales is months away. los is into his second year with

cancer. whether it is biosimilar or bioidentically he needs it. >> lawsuit is over a recent agreement the bank made with a group of holdout creditors in the u.s. something buenos aires is trying to nullify. arlington's finance minister accused signing a deal with the devil. a new use for drones in south america. how one country is using them to catch people smuggling fuel across its borders. and what's driving tens of millions of chinese children how to learn to play the piano. piano.

>> in bolivia authorities have enlisted small drones, to

monitor activity to stop smugglers. illegal fuel sales have fallen by nearly 40% since then. in our global view segment we look at how news outlets have reacted to various news. russian veto serves strife, takes on moscow's use of its security council vee tee to prevent action on syrian and yemen. fueled by putin's actions and that the participants are buying russian weapons to fight those conflicts. the jordan times writes under the headline a moral duty that iraq must do more to prevent sectarian violence. and finally the iran daily pushes back at israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on unworkable demands on iran, the

paper warns that israel suggested additions to the deal reached last week would result in no deal at all. the me piano is becoming a popular instrument in china. although the european market is shrinking, china's is booming. harry fawcett reports on why that's happening. >> another morning at the keyboard for eight-year-old. she's been playing since she was six, two to three hours a day. her skill and enthusiasm shine through and she's far from alone. across china an estimated 40 million of children are learning the piano to lan long's effect. >> listen, lan long is so good,

he place piano so well, she says that over and over. >> reporter: one of china's greatest musical stars looking for new ways to invest in those children's futures. result music schools where competition for places means children need to have private lessons just to get in. >> translator: a few families get together and socialize. many families have pianos now. if your kid plays the parent thinks great look, my kid doesn't just run around. i've got a kid that's well based. >> where china's music school is located, has a long history of piano playing. but the bug is spreading across china. of course all that demand requires supply. china isn't just the biggest piano market in the world it's the biggest piano manufacturer.

a mixture of machines and 2,000 sure-fingered staff produce 140,000 pianos ever year, a figure that's doubled since 2007. here they believe the piano business is a safe bet. >> more and more people become wealthy, and to the chinese people it is a very concern about the children's education and also, the culture in the family. >> china which has about 3 pianos per 100 households, still has a long way to go. but with tens of millions of children devoting themselves to musicianship that today. is closing. harry fawcett, al jazeera southern china. we'll speak to the award winning, athlete to protestor to fighter after watching his friends die at the hands of the

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